March 30, 2011 by Terri Gold

Practice meandering towards the center of every place

Sisters Meal Festival-Guizhou, China 1997

These last days before I leave are always the hardest-a mix between organizing my art, business and life at home, trying to make my bags lighter and focusing on my goals for the trip – how to go deeper – to see with feeling. I have been rereading”The Art of Pilgrimage”, a book I always look at before I leave .

I came across these thoughts and I am printing them to read each morning

A good way to begin the day…

The Five Excellent Practices Of Pilgrimages

Practice the arts of attention and listening.

Practice renewing yourself everyday.

Practice meandering towards the center of every place.

Practice the ritual of reading sacred texts.

Practice gratitude and praise-singing.

March 27, 2011 by Terri Gold

Sylvia Tosun – Night of a Thousand Gowns

Sylvia Tosun

It was the 25th annual Night of a Thousand Gowns where The Imperial Court of New York celebrated 25 years of fun and fundraising led by the current monarchs, Emperor XIX Jack and Empress XXIV Farrah Moans.

The Court has gained recognition in the New York City region for the work it has done on behalf of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Besides the big hair, bigger jewels, the regal attire, the glitz and glamour is how they have fun, and while they are at it, they give time and energy to raising money for their beneficiaries.

I was invited by Sylvia Tosun, of Sea to Sun Recordings who was performing, and she was amazing. She looked beautiful and her voice enchanted everyone in the room. It was a pleasure to take some photographs for her…

I thought – tonight I am in Times Square , photographing at an amazing tribal festival and soon I will be on the other side of the world in rural China at another colorful tribal festival.

In my travels , I am always looking at what is different and what is the same…

Colorful celebrations happen all over the world !

Sylvia Tosun

The Imperial Court

Sylvia Tosun

March 26, 2011 by Terri Gold

South Of The Clouds – In Guizhou and Guangxi

A Toast In Guizhou

South Of The Clouds – as Southwest China is known – is pastoral, stunningly beautiful, richly steeped in minority culture – I am returning to the provinces of Guangxi and Guizhou in April, which I last visited In 1997.
I will be traveling from village to village, with my sister and a few others. Along the way engaging with local families and exploring their individual customs, history and lifestyles and how they are changing with the incursion of the modern world. The rich tapestry of minority life is truly Guizhou’s majesty. In 1997 I visited villages that had never received western guests. I wonder how different it will be…
As we gradually make our way to Guangxi, we watch the surrounding landscape evolve. One destination is Guilin, where stunning scenes of limestone hills across a horizon of lakes and rice fields, have been the source of inspiration for Chinese painters for centuries.

Getting ready now- in expedition mode-assembling all my gear-reading and studying about the culture and getting focused mentally on what I might want to create knowing it will evolve once I get there.

March 16, 2011 by Terri Gold

Born Forever – A Modern Ballet

Choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi, with members of the Buglisi Dance Theatre company, created a new ballet entitled Born Forever, an original dance piece with music inspired by Fame The Musical and its sequel Fame Forever. The ballet, which is composed by Fame composer Steve Margoshes, premiered for an invited audience on Tuesday, March 15 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

“Our creative spirit never really dies, and as the song says, maybe we really will live forever,” said producer David De Silva, the man known as “Father Fame” who conceived and produced the classic 1980 MGM film Fame and the two stage musicals inspired by it. “It certainly is something to dance about.”

Born Forever- Buglisi Dance Theatre

Buglisi Dance Theatre- Born Forever

March 15, 2011 by Terri Gold

Video of Artist Reception at Keyes Art

It was a wonderful reception… I want to thank everyone for coming and sharing this special evening with me.

Terri Gold March 3rd 2011 from Sabine Anton on Vimeo.

March 5, 2011 by Terri Gold

Terri Gold : Artist Reception : Keyes Art

My ongoing body of work, “Still Points in a Turning World”, explores our universal cross-cultural truths: the importance of family, community, ritual and the amazing diversity of its expression.

My earliest memories are of spinning a globe, always drawn to the last mysterious corners of the world. Photographing the people, festivals and sacred sites in the tribal areas of Asia, my passion is to visually capture the rituals that define our lives and to create images that explore our human connections as they are formed. I am interested in the different ways in which people find meaning in their lives, how an individual explores his or her existence through their traditions. I love the still quality of a photograph that captures a fleeting moment in time. I’m interested in making that moment as beautiful and mysterious as possible. We are still and still moving.

This series is from my travels to Southern Rajasthan & Gujarat and the Southwestern region of China called Kham. The imagery explores the tribal cultures of the Rabaris, Bhils and in China, the world of the Tibetan Khampas. In these villages the traditions of different millennia co-exist side by side.